One of Aaron's friends had a fantastic idea of renting bikes for 20 rmb and biking around Beijing sight seeing and creating our own route. I wish I kept the map that we used but because we were in a rush and were rough with it, it kind of died...
But some of the major places we visited was Hou Hai, Tian an Men square, and the Olympic Stadium.
What an experience it was to bike through the endless traffic jams, old antique neighborhoods, and random alleyways and shopping districts. I highly recommend grabbing a few friends and biking around Beijing instead of following a tour group because its cheaper, all the sights are based on what you want to do, and Beijing is very safe so you don't have to worry about anything, just not getting hit by traffic.
Today was a labor day which is why we got the day off, but Tian An Men was so packed with people on the sidewalks so we had to ride our bikes to the opposite side of the street so we could freely move.
Somehow we ended up in a really tight alley way with broken down brick houses and people doing random road repairs but we got back on a main street and found ourselves in a busy shopping district. The question "Do chinese people do anything but shop" comes to mind just because of how busy and crowded it was.
We finally arrived at the Bird's nest and the water cube thing but since its still under construction, nobody can get near it so we had to settle for this picture.
Overall, this bike ride was a fantastic chance to get to know the city i'll be living in for another month and a half and I would so recommend everyone to do it instead of taking some lame tour group with a bunch of old people haha
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